This is an analysis of It Might Be Lonelier by Emily Dickinson.

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It might be lonelier…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 010100 01010000 0101001100 010100000 1101010 1101010 1100100001 01000010 11110100 0101100 011000000100 0101000 010100 01001010 1100110000 01000100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17